From 6c05005f0f9acc75e7fe4df77a7fd09c0706eed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Homborg <FHomborg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:56:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Document indexing double-variable-expansion

Fixes #5886.

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---
 sphinx_doc_src/index.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sphinx_doc_src/index.rst b/sphinx_doc_src/index.rst
index b9d80d7a5..63831cd16 100644
--- a/sphinx_doc_src/index.rst
+++ b/sphinx_doc_src/index.rst
@@ -969,6 +969,15 @@ However using variables as indices for command substitution is currently not sup
     set sequence (seq 5) # It needs to be written on two lines like this.
     echo $sequence[$index] # returns '2'
 
+When using indirect variable expansion with multiple `$` (``$$name``), you have to give all indices up to the variable you want to slice::
+
+    > set -l list 1 2 3 4 5
+    > set -l name list
+    > echo $$name[1]
+    1 2 3 4 5
+    > echo $$name[1..-1][1..3] # or $$name[1][1..3], since $name only has one element.
+    1 2 3
+
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